© THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says Zimbabwe should legalise abortion to avoid unnecessary deaths. The opposition party’s secretary for education, sports and culture, Fadzayi Mahere, said young girls with unwanted pregnancies must be able to undergo safe abortions to save lives. [GoogleAd] “Sexual reproductive health needs to become an educational priority. The youth must be…
© THERE is an old adage that implies that kings should never hold their swords in vain when faced with a matter of life and death. [GoogleAd] It is an adage that President Emmerson Mnangagwa should seriously consider given the unprecedented rate at which our economy is tanking with no iota of hope that the…
© ZIMBABWEANS in the diaspora, in conjunc- tion with several animal rights pressure groups, have lined up demon- strations at Chinese embassies in Europe and America over trans- location of elephants to China. This comes after Zimbabwe recently exported 30 elephants to China where they are believed to be held in zoos and circuses. [GoogleAd]…
© MediPay, a Zimbabwe-based health care finance provider, has partnered with UK-based Fintech company, SympliFi, to enable Zimbabweans to finance their health care related expenses using their family abroad as guarantors. [GoogleAd] MediPay provides affordable and flexible medical payment plans to patients unable to afford the upfront cost of a medical procedure or equipment, or…
© ZIMBABWE’S State employees, for long an epitome of resilience and perseverance under extremely difficult conditions, are failing to stomach government intransigence and insincerity in the perennial salaries and conditions of service negotiations. The bulk of the civil service, save for doctors and their colleagues in the health services sector, have heeded government’s pleas for…
© ZIMBABWE has reverted back to stage one load-shedding following the restoration of three generator units that tripped at Hwange Power Station, plunging the nation into hours of power cuts. The units tripped on Saturday, leading to loss of 251 megawatts of power from the national grid. This forced the power utility to implement stage…
© THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) was forced to make a last-minute switch of venue for the Warriors’ 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Botswana next week from Bulawayo to Harare fol- lowing a Caf directive. This comes after the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) failed to provide guarantees on the floodlights system at Barbourfields…
© UNITED Nations food agen- cies, the Food and Agriculture Organisation, International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Programme (WFP) have called for urgent action to avert a major hunger crisis in southern Africa. In a statement, WFP acting regional director for southern Africa Margaret Malu said more than 11 million people in Zim-…
© TRIANGLE coach Taurai Mangwiro is expecting a tough battle when they face Harare City in the rescheduled Chibuku Super Cup quarter- final clash at Rufaro Stadium this afternoon. The Sugar Sugar Boys are the defending champions of the country’s most prestigious knockout tournament interestingly after beating today’s opponents in last year’s final at Gibbo…
© PROGRESSIVE Teachers Union (PTUZ) has sensationally-claimed that students in Manicaland, start- ing from the age of 10, are getting free jadelle insertions. Jadelle is a contraceptive implant used to prevent pregnancy. PTUZ secretary-general Raymond Majongwe raised the red flag on the jadelle insertion issue, demanding it must stop. [GoogleAd] “Have just read jadelle has…
